Construction of cellulosic ethanol plant under way in southwest Kansas By Donna Sullivan, Editor switch grass, big blue and Days after learning that grasses of that nature,” he Abengoa Bioenergy had fi- said. “We would like to end nalized a $132.4 million fed- up ten years from now with eral loan guarantee from the about a 50/50 mix, 50% U.S. Department of Energy’s coming from crop residue Loan Program Office for a and 50% from the dedicated production facility being energy crops.” built in Hugoton, Dr. Robb stated that Hugoton Thomas Robb, manager of was selected for several rea- Institutional Relations for sons but foremost among Abengoa spoke at the them was the significant Kansas Energy Conference amount of readily obtainable in Wichita on October 4. He biomass as well as the described the stairstep amount of water available process that led to ground re- not only to run the plant it- cently being broken on the self but also irrigation for facility. producing the crops. They Abengoa built a pilot have purchased irrigation plant in York, Neb. in 2008 rights to support the facility. that processes one ton of In doing so, they lose 30% of biomass per day, followed their access due to the con- by a demonstration plant in version from agriculture to Spain in 2009 that processes industrial use, so the Ogal- 70 tons per day. The Hugo- lalah Aquifer will actually Dirt work has begun for construction of a cellulosic ethanol plant near Hugoton, ton plant, which is projected see decreased use because of which is expected to be in full production in late 2013 or early 2014. to be in full production in the facility. late 2013 or early 2014, will Just as corn ethanol pro- process 1,000 tons of bio- duces distiller’s grains as a mass per day, producing 25 co-product, ethanol from million gallons of ethanol biomass produces a similar annually. The next step will product, but there is current- be to double the production ly no regulatory approval to at Hugoton. commercialize that for any Robb recalled how devel- purpose. While they believe opment of this technology that in the future it could be began in 1995. “All this used as cattle feed, for now time, as we were looking at they will combust the mate- Dr. Thomas Robb, man- this it was, ‘How do we take rial in a 25 megawatt onsite ager of industrial relations this technology that we’ve facility using an additional for Abengoa Bioenergy, developed in the test tube 70 tons of biomass each day described the cellulosic and on the bench-top level to produce enough electrici- ethanol plant being built and scale it up into industri- ty and steam to run the rest in Hugoton that when in alized manufacturing pro- of the plant. “So we’re pret- cesses?’ That took a signifi- ty much self-contained in full production will turn cant investment and brought this aspect,” Robb said. The Stinger Bale Stacker was on display at the Kansas Energy Conference Trade 320,000 pounds of bio- us to where we are today.” “That was one of the things Show. It can stack large square bales of biomass feedstock for storage or roadside mass into 25 million gal- Where they are today is we did to meet the cellulosic them for transport. lons of ethanol annually. in the process of construct- ethanol requirement of the ing a plant in Hugoton that is 60% reduction in our carbon “Those guidelines really expected to process 320,000 footprint by generating our dictate, depending upon soil tons of biomass on an annu- own steam and electricity type, crop type, crop yield al basis, most of which is ex- from biomass as opposed to and row spacing, how much pected to come from crop natural gas.” and in what form biomass residue such as corn stover, Their expected conver- needs to be left on the land wheat straw and possibly sion rate will begin at 50-55 so that wind erosion rates are some grain sorghum, drawn gallons of ethanol per ton of kept below the tolerable rate from a 50-60 mile radius of biomass, with a long-term established by them,” Robb the facility. “Over time we goal of 75 gallons plus. The continued. “So in general would see the ration of bio- theoretical maximum is 90- terms on a sandy soil we can mass shifting to less of the 95 gallons per ton. He de- harvest about 50% of the crop residue and more of the scribed it as very analogous residue. On a tighter soil we dedicated energy crops – to corn ethanol production, can harvest up to 75% of the where 1/3 of the product residue.” produces ethanol, 1/3 goes Protecting the primary up into CO2 and 1/3 comes asset of the landowner, out as co-product. which is the land itself, is The question was raised paramount. “Frankly, if we by an audience member go out there and harvest this about what removing the material and then the value crop residue from the ground of their asset, the farmland, could potentially do in such declines because of wind a high-wind area. “South- erosion, we no longer have a KLA president-elect Frank Harper, Sedgwick; Wes Sander, Chain Ranch, Wood- west Kansas, the wind does sustainable operation,” Robb ward, Okla.; and Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback lead the way for the Longhorns at blow out there,” he said. asserted. “We cannot allow the Sunflower Parade. “The contracts that we have that to happen. It has to be established with the farmers sustainable for us and the indicate that we have the landowner, and it has to be Longhorns captivate Kansans right to harvest the material, profitable for us and the either Abengoa themselves landowner.” or somebody we would con- As for whether Albengoa during Sunflower Parade tract with. They can negoti- would consider constructing The streets of Wichita reverted back nearly a century as the Kansas Livestock Asso- ate to do it themselves, but if another plant in the eastern ciation (KLA) helped celebrate the state’s 150th birthday by driving 30 magnificent we do it we have made the part of the state, Robb does Longhorn steers in the Kansas Sunflower Parade, October 8. Thousands of Kansans commitment to the feedstock not rule that out as a possi- packed the sidewalks of Main Street as the Longhorns stretched out nearly half a block. owners, the landowners, that bility. “We are looking at Gov. Sam Brownback, KLA president-elect Frank Harper of Sedgwick, Kansas ranch- we will be harvesting their several states, and Kansas is ing historian Jim Hoy of Emporia and KLA director of feedlot services Clayton Huseman material per NRSC guide- definitely a viable option,” Continued on page 8 lines.” he said. Page 2 Grass & Grain, October 18, 2011

By John Schlageck, as well. Kansas Farm Bureau Evidence of a global obe- By Meghan Muesler, Wichita someone in the local com- File this under the cat- sity trend indicates that the Only 341 more days until munity is able to step up egory of: “The lamest ex- problem involves more than the 2012 Kansas State Fair!! and save a piece of heritage. cuse to come along in my access to an abundance of For many of you who know I truly love going to the lifetime.” What I’m talking snack foods, desserts and me you know how ‘enthusi- fair and being a witness to about is the continuing at- soft drinks. People are re- astic’ I get about the State two of the greatest youth or- tempt by some in the media portedly getting heavier Fair. Some folks may think ganizations I have ever and entertainment business even in developing nations Disney World has it been a part of, 4-H and FFA. to saddle America’s farm where citizens do not have wrapped up when it comes Many things have changed and ranch families with the all of the foods and snacks to the happiest place on over the years with each of growing epidemic of obesi- found on our supermarket earth but I think the Kansas these programs but what re- ty. Seems they would like us shelves. That tends to point State Fair could be in the mains the same is the lead- to believe farmers and toward rising incomes and running! ership that is being taught. ranchers are producing less physical labor around This year was extra spe- Also, I can see families cre- food that is too affordable the world as the cause, not cial for my family and I. It ating memories at the fair and too available. just U.S. food industry prac- was my dad’s 60th birthday just like my family did and Stop right there. Many tices. on opening day of the continue to do. Americans can remember a Since when do farmers Kansas State Fair. We start- One day at the fair is just time when their families or grow junk food? When did ed the day out like most not quite enough for our neighbors had trouble farmers begin to force con- state fair-goers with those family so Day Two brought keeping food on the table. sumers to eat a specific infamous Yoder cinnamon even more fun as my cousin The concept of food that diet, healthy or otherwise? rolls. It was lucky dad’s and her five-year-old son was too cheap was as for- Farmers and ranchers birthday was Friday or he came to celebrate my dad’s eign as paying two bucks for are not responsible for the would not have got to savor birthday! Kollin did think a bottle of pop – that’s twice U.S. consumer’s dietary and the taste of these yummy that next time they came the size it used be and exercise habits. These are A society grows great when old men treats. It was a shock to down from Nebraska that packs twice the calories. all individual choices and many who stopped on Satur- they should rent a plane be- But the times they are a- matters of personal respon- plant trees whose shade they know day and was reported in the cause it was a long drive. changing and just like our sibility. Wichita Eagle, the Yoder What pure excitement to politicians on both sides of Whatever happened to they shall never sit in. — Greek proverb Bakery was suddenly see the state fair through the aisle, folks like to play personal responsibility in closed. Here’s hoping that the eye of a five-year-old. the blame game. You know, this country? Our first stop was the pet- look elsewhere, never in What about the amount ting zoo where we got to get the mirror. of food we eat at each meal? our hands icky and sticky Rather than thank farm- How about the many The Learning Post from some very hungry crit- ers for producing abundant, times we eat between ters. A ride on the train was affordable food so that most meals? our next adventure. Kollin of us will never experience How about the individ- By Gordon Morrison kept telling Uncle Frank, the pangs of true hunger, ual holding the knife, fork Concordia Rancher and “This is AWESOME!!” A making farmers the scape- or spoon? note to Meghan… taking a goat for obesity appears to Used to be a time, I can Former Agriculture Educator five-year-old on the Giant be too popular a trend. remember when people Slide may not have been the Some also say federal pro- didn’t eat between meals, best idea I had that day! All grams that help stabilize or if they did it was some- was smoothed away by some the farm economy encour- thing healthy like fruit or Another K-State Thriller more age-appropriate rides age farmers to overproduce. nuts. Is that just another and an old Western photo!! Blaming agriculture only long and distant dream of “May, are you sure they are arating as we covered the distance How could I write an ar- diverts attention away from mine? ticle about the State Fair the factors that do con- It is time we start look- going to televise the KSU vs. Mis- along with hundreds of KSU fans. and not talk about the food? tribute to obesity. ing for real solutions to fix souri game? It for sure should be a After we reached the regular parking Yes, I took part in the stan- This is a slap in the face America’s growing weight good one. With K-State now ranking area, we walked along a line of busy dard Pronto Pup, apple to the thousands of families problem instead of blaming 20th, I wonder why Missouri is porta-potties and then tailgaters dumpling, honey sticks, that depend on agriculture the very hands that nutri- for their livelihoods and to picked to win by three points?” With who were still finishing refresh- fried cheese curds, fried tiously and safely feed pickles, Krehbiels, roasted the millions of Americans America. It’s important to the Wildcats off to such a great start ments. Soon we were seated in the corn, and cherry limeade. whose high standards of liv- note that while farmers this season, I wanted to make cer- stadium in section 19, row 24. We New to the food adventure ing are built on our varied produce a wide range of tain we would be able to watch the got there just in time for the kickoff this year were the Moink and efficient food, fuel and healthy food options, the ul- game on television. to a packed house with standing balls (meatballs wrapped in fiber industry. timate consumer choices – bacon on a stick) and fried Without our nation’s moderation and exercise – Then my good friend and former room only. cookie dough. I have to say farmers and the federal are made far beyond the associate at Cloud County Commu- We soon settled in to the game I was pleased with both new programs that help them farm or ranch. nity College, Lee Doyen, offered me and within three minutes of play, the food choices! Oh, by the through economic and wea- John Schlageck is a lead- four free tickets to the game. I was Wildcats had picked off a pass and way, I went to the fair three ther disasters, Americans ing commentator on agricul- days so no worry that I ate might have to depend on ture and rural Kansas. Born happy to accept them. We had not gone in for the first touchdown. It’s a all of these in one day!! other countries for food and raised on a diversified been to Manhattan to a K-State good thing they built up a good lead, So watch out, Disney just like we already do for farm in northwestern Kansas, game in quite a while. While we for Missouri was beating us in all the World, I think I found the oil. That could be a threat his writing reflects a lifetime probably can actually see the plays statistics except rushing. happiest place on earth, not only to our food securi- of experience, knowledge and in the game better on the screen and Between quarters certain ath- Well, at least for our family! ty, but our national security passion. in the comfort of our home, we miss letes were recognized for their ac- the atmosphere, the fun and excite- complishments. The biggest honor ment of being there among thou- was announced right after the first sands of enthusiastic fans. quarter, when Lee Doyen, escorted K-State games have become im- to the end zone by his grandson, was portant productions. It is interesting recognized for his contributions to to compare them with football pro- K-State athletics. At 90, he is the grams in the late ’40s and early ’50s; oldest living baseball player who they were just “ho-hum” when I was played for K-State. His team beat KU a student on campus there. I can re- in a game where he pitched eight member when we paid Fort Hays strikeouts. Lee also played on K- State $3,000 to play us so that we State’s basketball team. The crowd could finally win a game. What a dif- showed their appreciation with a ference from today’s situation. With standing ovation. our winning record so far this sea- With less than two minutes left son, we are, no doubt, bound for a in the game, K-State led by 24-17. bowl game. Even though their offensive team Saturday morning we drove to was at the six-yard line, instead of Westmoreland to see our great- trying to tack on another touch- grandson before heading to the game down, the Wildcats played it safe with his parents. To avoid the game and “took the knee” three times to let day crowds at Manhattan eateries, the time run out. It was a good move we ate lunch at a steak house in because the Tigers were getting Wamego. When we approached the steamed up and trying to catch up. Bill Snyder Family Stadium, cars It was with a warm, satisfied were lined up for miles, it seemed. feeling that we drove the 85 miles Clay suggested we try parking at the home after dark. It had been a day to GRASS & GRAIN (USPS 937-880) sheep barn pastures, where the remember. In fact, the whole week- The newsweekly for Kansas and southern Ne- Block and Bridle Club charged $5 end was great football-wise for this braska, published each Tuesday at 1531 Yuma when he was a student. With cars fan; four of my favorite teams won: (Box 1009), Manhattan, KS by Ag Press, Inc. Periodicals postage paid at Manhattan, Kansas. bumper to bumper, it sounded like a our local Concordia Panthers on Fri- Postmaster send address changes to: Ag Press, good idea to me. 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Agri-Women convention set NW SHAWNEEREAL COUNTY ESTATE – NEAR SHAWNEE AUCTION STATE LAKE for November 10-13 in Wichita THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3 — 7:00 PM Hoyt Community Building, 900 Park Drive — HOYT, KANSAS Women involved in agri- ence director, and environ- • A “Taste of Kansas” re- (North side of Hoyt) culture from throughout the mental and groundwater ception at the Mid America Type of Property: Very clean native grass pas- then North 3 miles to NW 86th, then West 1/2 U.S. and Canada will head expert All-Indian Center ture, with gentle slopes, mostly Class II & III Mar- mile to SE corner. Or from US Hwy 24 & Landon to Wichita Nov. 10-13 for the • Ted Schroeder, Kansas • Tours of the Kansas tin and Pawnee soils, 2 ponds & spring water, Road just East of Channel 27 TV, go North 8 36th annual American Agri- State University ag econom- Cosmosphere and Space NW 86th Street paved road access on the South miles to NW 86th, then West 1/2 mile. Women (AAW) convention. ics professor and commodi- Center, the Kansas Un- and 1/2 mile of good gravel from NW 94th on the 2010 Total Taxes: $608.52 North. Catch pen and wing fence at the North Their purpose reflects the ty marketing expert derground Salt Museum end. No rock ledges or deep draws, you can drive AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: Expand your cattle op- mission of the 40,000-mem- • Judge Tommy B. Webb, and regional ag operations. across this one, it lays like a meadow, well main- eration with this good clean native grass pasture ber organization: Gather re- Kansas district magistrate • Spouse and guest tours tained abundant big and little blue stem grass. that has never seen a plow but has cropland type sources and knowledge to judge, and leadership and will explore Kansas’ Tall soils. Excellent access with paved & good gravel Legal Description: W½ 6-10-15, Shawnee roads. You can drive across this pasture to check represent the agriculture motivational speaker Grass Prairie and the his- County, Kansas the cattle without worrying where the rocks are. industry in an educated, Break-out sessions will toric Amish community of DIRECTIONS: (Best way) From US Hwy 75 & For more information and aerial map go to professional and passionate cover such key topics as an- Yoder. NW 62nd Road go West 3 miles to Landon Road, www.pearlrealestate.org and click on Auction. manner. imal welfare, estate plan- • A post-convention tour Kansas Agri-Women, a ning and property rights. will examine energy and CLAIRE HOLLIDAY-LOOMIS & BRUCE N. HOLLIDAY – SELLERS state affiliate, is hosting the The sessions will also pro- environmental topics, relat- PEARL REAL ESTATE & APPRAISAL SERVICE event. The convention’s vide training on social me- ed to natural gas, green con- ST. MARYS, KS 66536 • 785-437-6007 theme is “Sharing Ameri- dia, leadership, and more to struction and biomass tech- Dennis L. Rezac, Auctioneer, 785-456-4187 Mike Pearl, Broker, 785-256-5174 ca’s Harvest.” give attendees tools for nologies. www.rezaclivestock.com Speakers and programs their own farms, ranches AAW is a national coali- will cover the latest issues and agribusinesses, and for tion of farm, ranch and in agriculture, including their work representing agribusiness women, repre- sustainability, marketing, agriculture. senting 60 state and com- advocacy and more. Key- The convention will be modity affiliates. AAW note speakers include: held at the Hyatt Regency helps educate consumers; • Kyle Bauer, general Wichita, which is located on advocates for agriculture; manager of KFRM, a lead- the Arkansas River and and provides networking ing ag radio station minutes from Wichita’s Old and professional develop- • Dr. Jay Lehr, author, Town district. ment for its members. The Heartland Institute sci- Special events include: First-ever Flint Hills Cowboy Poetry Gathering to be hosted in Alma Cowboy poets, artists, poster available, titled held in conjunction with and all who love the Ameri- “Searching For Strays.” the Symphony in the Flint can West are invited to Chili and all the trimmings Hills. Alma for the first-ever Flint will also be available on Featured at the Saturday Hills Cowboy Poetry Gath- Saturday, catered by Cow- night concert will be award- ering on November 4-5, boy Way Ranch and Vaca- winning western musicians 2011. tions. Three Trails West, along “We are pleased to host The Saturday program with cowboy poets Paul this event, which showcases will include a noon presen- Schmitt and Ron Wilson, the authentic ranching cul- tation by noted Flint Hills Poet Lariat. ture and working cowboy cowboy and scholar Jim Cowboy poets will also heritage found here in Hoy, who is director of the be visiting Wabaunsee Wabaunsee County and the Center for Great Plains County schools on Friday to Flint Hills region,” said Studies at Emporia State interact with students Abby Amick, Director of University and author of about poetry and western Wabaunsee County Eco- the book “Flint Hills Cow- heritage. nomic Development. boys.” Saturday afternoon “This event is not a con- The schedule will fea- will feature concurrent ses- test, just a time of western ture concerts on Friday and sions where cowboy poets family fun,” Abby said. “We Saturday nights at 7 p.m. at will perform, on such topics invite poets, western musi- the St. John’s Lutheran as “Cowboy to the Bone, cians, story tellers, re-enac- Church Hall at 218 West 2nd Tall Tale Windies, Spurs tors, and western artists Street in Alma. During the and Lace, Rodeo Rhymes, and gear-makers to partici- day on Saturday, sessions and Had to Laugh or Cry.” pate, and we invite people will be held at the Wabaun- Headlining the Friday to come out and enjoy the see High School at 912 Mis- night concert will be Geff whole weekend.” souri Avenue in Alma. Ad- Dawson, two-time National For more information, mission will be charged for Champion cowboy poet, and go to www.flinthillscowboy all sessions. Noted western Trey Allen, winner of the gathering.com or contact artist, Don Dane, will have a Governor’s Buckle at the Abby Amick at 785-765-4655 full-color commemorative 2011 Cowboy Poetry contest or [email protected].

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1 1/4 cups dark corn syrup 1 cup chocolate chips Liberally coat a 9-by-13-inch of greased 2-quart baking 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup toffee bits baking pan with nonstick dish. Top with cheese. In Mix all together with 1 cup butterscotch morsels cooking spray. In medium- skillet, cook beef and onion. melted butter. Pour into un- 1 cup chopped pecans size bowl, whisk together Drain and spoon over cheese. baked 9-inch pie crust. Bake 14-ounce can sweetened con- flour, baking powder, cinna- In a bowl, beat eggs, milk, at 350 degrees for about 50 densed milk mon and salt; set aside. In flour and salt and pepper minutes. Preheat oven to 350 de- large bowl, mix sugar, eggs, until smooth. Pour over beef ***** grees. Spray a 15-by-10-inch butter and vanilla with elec- mixture. Bake uncovered for This Week’s Recipe Contest Prize Melissa Byrd, Independ- jelly roll pan. With floured tric mixer until smooth. 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Sprinkle and cool completely tidbits 3/4 cup onion 1/4 cup chopped pecans Bake for 12-15 minutes or before cutting into bars and 8 ounces shredded cheddar 15-ounce can pizza sauce 2-ounce jar diced pimientos, until very lightly browned. serving. cheese 28 pepperoni slices drained Let cool completely before ***** 1 cup sugar 1 cup shredded Mexican cheese blend or additional cheddar 4 boneless skinless chicken serving. Amy Feigley, Enterprise: 3/4 cup flour cheese breasts about 1 1/4 pounds ***** CHILE RELLENOS 1 sleeve round buttery crack- Cook macaroni according to package directions; drain. In 1/2 teaspoons paprika Hannah Gerberding, May- CASSEROLE ers, crushed a bowl, beat the eggs; stir in cheddar cheese and macaroni. Heat oven to 350 degrees. field: 7-ounce can whole green 1/4 cup melted butter Spread onto a greased 14-inch pizza pan. Bake at 375 for 15 Spray 8-inch square pan with SWEET chiles Mix pineapple, cheese, minutes. Meanwhile in a large skillet, cook beef and onion spray. In pan, mix rice, sea- APPLE-RAISIN BARS 1-pound ground beef sugar and flour and spread over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Add soning packet from rice mix, 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 1/2 cups shredded cheese into a greased 2-quart casse- pizza sauce; mix well. Spread over macaroni crust. Sprinkle orange juice, pecans and 2 teaspoons baking powder (whatever type you prefer) role. Combine cracker with pepperoni and Mexican cheese. Bake for 15-20 minutes pimientos. Place chicken on 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon 1/4 cup chopped onion crumbs and butter and or until the cheese is melted. Let stand for 5-10 minutes be- rice mixture, sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup. milk sprinkle over pineapple mix- fore slicing. Yield: 6-8 servings. paprika. Cover with foil. 2 cups packed light-brown 4 eggs ture. Bake covered at 350 de- ***** Bake 35-45 minutes or until sugar 1/4 cup flour grees for 30 minutes. Serve Beth Scripter, Abilene: will be stiff. Spray a 9-by-13- liquid is absorbed and juice 2 eggs Salt & pepper to taste hot or cold. “Here is a good cake to use inch pan and bake at 350 de- of chicken is clear when cen- 1/2 cup (1 stick) softened but- Arrange chiles on bottom ***** up those fall apples, it gets grees for 1 hour. Serve with ter of thickest part is cut. ter moister everyday.” whipped topping. ***** 1 teaspoon vanilla extract APPLE CAKE ***** Mary Rogers, Topeka: 1 1/2 cups diced Golden Deli- 3 eggs Lucille Wohler, Clay Cen- CHOCOLATE CHIP cious apples 1 cup oil ter: “This is a southern BARS 3/4 cup raisins 2 cups flour recipe and they have pecan 16.5-ounce package roll re- Pampered Chef-Sweet Apple 2 cups sugar trees in abundance in their frigerated chocolate chip Sprinkle 2 teaspoon cinnamon yards. 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Custom Post Frame Structures The winner each week is 2. Be sure your name, ad- selected from the recipes dress and phone number * Agricultural printed. are on the entry. Please in- clude a street address with * Equine Send us your favorite your recipe entries. A post recipe. It may be a main office box number is not dish, leftover, salad, side sufficient for prize delivery. * Residential dish, dessert, or what-have- Allow 3-4 weeks for delivery. you. 3. Send it to: Womanʼs Page * Commercial 1. Check your recipe care- Editor, Grass & Grain, Box fully to make certain all in- 1009, Manhattan, KS 66505. gredients are accurate and OR e-mail at: 785.945.6817 • Valley Falls, KS instructions are clear. [email protected] Grass & Grain, October 18, 2011 Page 5 Millie Conger, Tecumseh: 1/3 cup milk with egg and sprinkle with the stovetop for 1 minute, Morrill Residents Win Kids HALLOWEEN MUNCH 1-pound bag frozen broccoli, coarse salt. Bake at 450 de- then bake 20 to 25 minutes at 4 cups Chex cereal cauliflower & carrots, grees for about 12 minutes 450 degrees, until golden In The Kitchen Beef Cookoff 4 cups popped corn thawed & drained or fa- for pretzels and rolls, 25 to 30 brown. The edges should be Six Kansas parent/child 1 cup ketchup 1 cup honey roasted cashews vorite frozen vegetable minutes for braided loaf. crispy. Serve with butter and teams competed in the Kansas 1 tablespoon mustard 1 cup roasted salted pump- combination Makes 24 servings. honey. Beef Council’s Kids in the ¼ cup brown sugar kin seeds 2 cups cut-up cooked chick- ***** Kitchen Beef Cookoff held Sat- 1 teaspoon salt ***** 1/4 cup butter en Amy Feigley, Enterprise: urday, Sept. 17, at the Kansas ¼ teaspoon pepper 6 tablespoons brown sugar 2 tablespoons grated Parme- SKILLET CORNBREAD RECIPE State Fair. Morrill residents Sliced jalapeños &/or sliced 2 tablespoons light corn syrup san cheese 1 cup yellow cornmeal CORRECTION Carrie and Elsie Grimm were red/green pepper to garnish 1/4 teaspoon vanilla Heat oven to 375 degrees. 1/2 cup all-purpose flour The following recipe ap- chosen winners for their Shredded cheese to garnish 1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie Unroll bread stick dough, 1 teaspoon salt peared in last week’s Grass & recipe, Campfire Beefy Beans. In a saucepan, brown lean spice separate at perforations to 1 tablespoon baking powder Grain. The amount of straw- The finalists were scored on ground beef. Add to beef, berries was incorrect. It 1 cup candy corn form 12 strips and set aside. 1 cup buttermilk taste, ease of preparation, baked beans, onion, ketchup, should be 3 cups. The recipe is In a 4-quart microwave- Mix pasta sauce, milk, veg- 1/2 cup milk overall appeal and presenta- mustard, brown sugar, salt, being reprinted below: safe bowl mix cereal, pop- etables and chicken in 3- 1 egg tion. The Grimms received a and pepper. Heat to simmer Pauline Livingston, Junc- corn, cashews and pumpkin quart saucepan. Heat to boil- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda check for $300 and a gift bag about 5-10 minutes. Serve on tion City: with Beef. It’s What’s For Din- tortillas and garnish with seeds; set aside. In a medium ing, stirring occasionally. 1/4 cups plus 2 tablespoons RHUBARB DESSERT ner® materials and recipes. jalapeños and cheese of your microwave-safe bowl, mi- Spoon into ungreased rec- shortening (I use Crisco 3 cups rhubarb Prizes for second, third and choice. We like to use home- crowave butter, brown sugar, tangular 9-by-13-inch pan. butter-flavored shorten- 3 cups strawberries fourth also were awarded and made tortillas which can be corn syrup and vanilla, un- Twist each dough strip and ing) 3-ounce package strawberry are as follows: browned in the same skillet. covered on high about 2 min- arrange crosswise over hot In a bowl, combine the gelatin 2nd Place: Beth and Kyle This tasty beef filling can utes or until mixture is boil- chicken mixture gently cornmeal, flour, salt and bak- 3 cups miniature marshmal- Riffel, Tampa – Kyle’s Easy stand alone or be served with ing, stirring after 1 minute. stretching strips if neces- ing powder and stir together. lows Cheesy Beefy Burritos – $200 tortilla chips as well as tor- Stir in pumpkin pie spice. sary to fit. Sprinkle with Measure the buttermilk and 1/2 cup sugar 3rd Place: Joan and Paul tillas. A great choice for the Pour over cereal mixture, cheese. 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111 ACRES 98 Ac Search for a pesticide permitting REAL ESTATE CROPLAND fix continues as deadline nears OLDER FARM Key members of Con- of the United States” — it- amendment was ultimately FARM HOUSE NWAUCTION WABAUNSEE COUNTY BUILDINGS gress are quickly looking self an ill-defined legal not chosen by leadership to for solutions to a pesticide term. move forward, the proposal permitting debacle set to In that case, farmers was an important effort to THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27 — 7:00 PM hit farmers and other users could face potentially cata- add H.R. 872 to legislation Senior Center, 501 Ash Street — WAMEGO, KANSAS First time offered: 111 Acres M/L with 98 acres able farm buildings including pole hay shed, barn, of crop protection products strophic financial liability. that could advance, show- of crop ground, approximately 10 acres of tree open front machine shed and others. at month’s end. Fines for those found to be ing the seriousness with area along the Kansas River, 3 acres farmstead. DIRECTIONS: From Manhattan at K-177 & K- That problem was creat- out of compliance could which agriculture leaders Cropland has had conservation work done with 18 Hwys 10 miles East; From Wamego go South ed by a January 2009 Sixth reach $37,500 a day – in Congress are taking the tiled terrace to control erosion. on K-99, 3 miles to K-18 then West 3 miles. Circuit Court decision say- enough to put most produc- deadline. Located at west side of the town of Wabaunsee AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: This property offers a ing pesticide discharge is a ers out of business quickly. House Agriculture Com- at 32503 K18 Hwy, Wamego, Kansas in North- great location for a home site, access to Kansas point source of pollution The unclear regulations mittee chairman Frank west Wabaunsee County with 1/2 mile of High- River, wild life and income from crop land. USD subject to additional regu- and permitting process also Lucas (R-Okla.) also spoke way K-18 frontage. Located between Highway 320 Wamego schools. 18 and Kansas River. lation under the Clean open farmers up to lawsuits out, urging a vote on H.R. For more information and aerial map go to Water Act. from activists who have 872 on the Senate floor. Improvements consist of a 2 story wood frame www.pearlrealestate.org and click on Auction. house built about 1888 (needs work), several us- This means agricultural proven themselves hungry Despite the seemingly producers seeking to con- for court fights based on partisan nature of recent WILLIAM A. MARTENS - SELLER trol aquatic plant pests, process issues. moves, H.R. 872 has PEARL REAL ESTATE & APPRAISAL SERVICE urban public health offi- A bill to amend FIFRA achieved widespread bi- ST. MARYS, KS 66536 • 785-437-6007 cials seeking to control dis- and the Clean Water Act to partisan and bicameral Everett Hoobler, Auctioneer, 785-256-5790 Mike Pearl, Broker, 785-256-5174 ease-spreading mosquitoes clarify Congressional in- support from Congression- and others would have to tent and eliminate the re- al leaders concerned about apply for National Pollu- quirement for additional increasing regulation with- tant Discharge Elimination permits for applications out environmental benefit System (NPDES) permits to approved under FIFRA has and burdening government use products already regu- passed the House of Repre- officials and farmers with lated and permitted under sentatives and the Senate new and complicated re- the Federal Insecticide, Agriculture Committee, but quirements in a time of Fungicide and Rodenticide remains stalled due to mul- tighter budgets. Act (FIFRA) — spending tiple holds by Democratic It was approved in June tens of millions of dollars Senators. by the Senate Agriculture without adding any envi- Recently Senate Agri- Committee, without amend- ronmental benefit. culture Committee ranking ment and by a voice vote. It The decision has been member Pat Roberts (R- passed the House in March stayed twice to allow time Kan.) filed an amendment by a 292 to 130 vote.. for government agencies to that would have attached More about H.R. 872 is implement it, though regu- the provisions of H.R. 872 available online at www. lators at the state and na- to a pending bill on Chi- wheatworld.org/environ tional levels remain uni- nese currency. Though the mentalregulation. formly unprepared to re- view and issue permits for an estimated 5 million ap- plications annually. A draft pesticide gener- al permit produced by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) only applies to aquatic applications of pesticides, meaning farm- ers are not covered by EPA’s pending permit, un- less the application hap- pens to end up in a “water

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coming half-crazed with Andreas’ description of loons, the band of cowboys izens clubbed him to death. whisky, ride up and down cowboy troubles in Kearney headed for Marshal Brick- The fight was over as the the streets with their ponies continued. “When crazy er’s office. The marshal was Texans retreated to an is- on a full run, and with un- with liquor, they would dash somehow indisposed. No land on the Platte River. earthly yells and whoops, up and down the streets fir- one could find him so the The word was spread fire their pistols at any ob- ing their pistols. On many outfit headed for Weibel’s that they would soon return ject that attracted attention, occasions they would shoot Saloon for more libations. and burn the town to the or fire them in the air with into business houses. When- All the while the Kear- ground. Folks began to call no manifest object other ever this began, the people ney citizens were gathering. it the Kearney War. But than to frighten the peaceful generally left the streets, When their number reached Kearney was ever ready. citizens.” The continual fearing that some straggling thirty they surrounded the The citizens formed a mili- push of the settler into cat- bullet might reach them.” A saloon, ordering the unruly tia that drilled daily and tle country rankled the cow- few days after the gun battle trail hands to leave town. using the depot as an ar- boys who did all in their with Marshal Bricker and Given the circumstances of mory posted a twenty-four power to terrify the settlers. the emboldened Kearney surprise held by the citi- hour guard at the city limits. The Kearney War One particular instance citizens another Millett cow- zens, the cowboys saddled The Texans knew they were Millett & Mabry Cowboys nearly all the available land started as a barroom brawl boy, Texas Spence, fired a up and headed south. outdone and saddled up to seemed to always find trou- around Kearney, Nebraska. in October of 1874. Kearney shot into a saloon. But the Once across the tracks look for adventure far away ble. Captain Eugene Millet The only open range of any City Marshal Bricker rushed people were no longer run- the Texans found their cour- from those irritating settlers and Major Seth Mabry were consequence was the old to quell the disturbance but ning for cover. The streets age and regrouped to “take on The Way West. well-known, successful Tex- Fort Kearney Military Bill Bland took a shot at the suddenly filled with irate the town.” Shots rang out as “The Cowboy,” Jim Gray is as drovers with several Reservation and being pub- marshal and a general gun citizens armed for con- smoke filled the rail yards. author of Desperate Seed: herds on the trail annually. lic land, trail herds were battle broke out as towns- frontation. Pistol and rifle Texas Spence was shot Ellsworth Kansas on the Vio- Bill Bland was a typical Mil- continually grazing the people came to the mar- shots split the air, but no through the body and fell lent Frontier and also pub- lett hand; a good hand with reservation. The reserva- shal’s aid. Tom Peeler was one was hurt. from his horse. “June- bug” lishes Kansas Cowboy, Old cattle with a reputation for tion represented some of shot twice by a needle gun, The cowboys were cer- also took a bullet but man- West history from a Kansas violence. Bland was said to the finest grazing lands still one shot taking effect in the tainly not going to let the aged to stay in the saddle. perspective. Contact Kansas be the first man to boss a available in central Nebras- neck. He survived the townspeople think that they The citizens swarmed the Cowboy, Box 62, Ellsworth, trail herd of cattle from ka. Cattlemen were con- wound and was the only had “buffaloed” the Texans. paralyzed cowboy and as KS 67439. Phone 785-531-2058 Texas to the Dakotas. Tom stantly coming and going man hurt in the fight. Kear- Twenty-five or thirty of them Texas Spence feebly tried to or www.droversmercantile. Peeler, another Millet- from the reservation to the ney residents boasted that rode into town ready to “set pull his pistol, one of the cit- com. Mabry trail boss, wore town of Kearney. According they had taken “the sand” things straight.” chaps with rifle cartridge to the Andreas History of out of Peeler, but he was a After washing down the loops down to the knees. In the State of Nebraska, tougher man than that. dust at one of the local sa- addition to the rifle he often “Those herders were contin- carried a shotgun on his ually armed with heavy pis- SATURDAY,AUCTION OCTOBER 22 — 10:00 AM saddle. Peeler was known tols, and when visiting the CLOUD COUNTY Auction will be held at the farm located at all over cattle country as town in squads, with the 3516 S. Halstead Road — SALINA, KANSAS Millett’s “traveling arse- reckless manner peculiar to (2 1/2 miles West of I35 on Waterwell Road to Halstead the cowboy, they would ride then 1/2 mile North) nal.” steins; thimble collection; Settlers had taken up to the saloons, and after be- LANDTUESDAY, OCTOBER AUCTION 25 — 10:00 AM RugerCOLLECTIBLES&GUNS: 44 Super Redhawk; quilts; comic books; books. American Legion — CONCORDIA, KS Browning 380; Springfield Ar- Qn. bedroom mory; Smith & Wesson 225; set;HOUSEHOLD: dressers; couch; book- • 245 ACRES M/L • Henry Youth 22 rifle; Antique cases; china cabinet; Ashley DESCRIPTION: 245 Acres M/L. This land is in two different sec- Furniture; baby buggy; Hum- wood heating stove; freezers; tions across the road from each other. Each tract has some crop- mel clock; Emmett Kelly col- lift chair; kitchen items; appli- land and some pasture. These farms are non-participating farms lectibles & train set; stamp col- ances; treadmill; stair stepper; for any government programs. These tracts will be sold separately lection; Depression glass; car- VHS Disney tapes. and not tied together. nival glass; tractor & imple- CraftsmanWOOD- table WORKING: Midwest Land and Home is acting as a transaction broker and ment manuals; crocks; toy saw; lathe; router; planer; jig- does not represent either party. cars & tractors; kerosene saw; palm sanders; skill saw; See last week’s Grass & Grain for complete details & maps! lamps; pocket watches; beer hand tools; lumber. See last week’s Grass & Grain for complete listings. SELLER: DEBRA RODGERS & Check our website for pictures at www.thummelauction.com TAMMY ROGERS former farm of Gilbert & Mildred Fagan ARVIN W. MARTIN ESTATE Auction Conducted By THUMMEL REAL ESTATE & AUCTION LLC 785-738-0067 or 785-738-5933

Mark Uhlik, Broker / Auctioneer: 785-325-2740 Greg Askren, Agent / Auctioneer: 785-243-8775 www.KsLandCo.com SATURDAY,AUCTION OCTOBER 22 — 10:00 AM Offering for sale at public auction, at 5959 N. 143rd St. E., WI- CHITA, KS located from Benton, KS 3 1/2 miles West on 254 Hwy. & 1/2 mile South. TRACTORS, TRUCKS & harrows & folding harrows; 250 FARM MACHINERY gal. 3 pt. sprayer; 3 pt. blade; John Deere 7410 tractor with IHC 4 btm. semi mt. plow; sm. 2 JD 740 loader, trip hyd., PTO, 3 wheel trailer; Schaben 2 wheel pt., 4300 hrs., extra clean; John yd. sprayer. Deere 7200 tractor with JD 725 LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT loader, dual hyd., PTO, 3 pt., & FARM RELATED ITEMS 7000 hrs.; John Deere 2755 Priefert head gate; Filson cattle tractor with JD 640 loader, hyd., chute; calf creep feeders; 1 ton PTO, 3 pt., 3900 hrs.; 2005 cube pickup feeder; 3 & 5 ton Bobcat S250 skid steer loader bulk bins; pipe cattle guards; 25 with 2 spd. metal tracks, cab & - 30’ drill stem pipe; 2” pipe; AC, 1028 hrs., auger & bits, storage shed; 100 gal. pickup bale spear; 1994 GMC Top Kick fuel tank; Top Hand head gate; truck, service bed, 5+2, mineral feeders; slip in stock 128,000 miles; 1977 Chev. C- rack; 1,000 gal. water tank; rail- 60 truck, 16’ bed & hoist, 350 road cart; railroad iron; 4 - QLF eng., 4+2; 2009 Pro-Trak 28’ lick tanks; tree saw; Bobcat mt.; tandem dual gooseneck trailer shop built bale unroller; 3 pt. with folding ramps; WW 6x16 bale mover; metal & wooden bumper hitch stock trailer; shop shelving; truck tool boxes; built 25’ trip. axle trailer with Campbell Hausfeld 3,000 psi hyd. dump; 20’ tandem axle power washer; cutting torch & gooseneck trailer & ramps; 2 gauges; hyd. cylinders; transfer wheel swather trailer & ramps; pump; welding table & vise; Lin- 8x16 tandem axle tilt bed trail- coln Ideal 250 arc welder; self er; 2 wheel trailer; 1995 Nomad darkening helmets; wheels & 30’ camper; John Bean 330 gal. tires; hedge posts; 425 gal. poly sprayer with eng.; John Deere tank; cattle panels; welded wire 450 end wheel drill, 6” spacing, panels; 150 gal. fuel tank; 21 70 acres; Krause 5200 15’ no steel feed bunks; 40’ conveyor till drill, 6148 acres; John Deere belt auger with 6.5 HP motor; 336 twine sq. baler; 1996 Team wind powered pond de-icer; Viper Bass boat, 150 HP, Mer- trolling motors; metal signs; lg. cury motor; field sprayer; 10’ 3 kit built smoker on 2 wheels pt. alfalfa seeder; alfalfa pack- with propane turkey fryer; er; Farm hand 8 bale accumu- school bells; round bale feed- lator & forks; 4 wheel bale trail- ers; cattle mister; ladders; gun ers & running gears; Brown 12’ case; kerosene heaters; fenc- speed mover; Bush Hog 296 6’ ing supplies; Interstate batter- rotary mower; 3 pt. 300 gal. ies; 4” auger; alum. dog box; 2 field sprayer; Noble back fold trailer loads of small items; 31 - springtooth; Krause 18 shank 1200# brome round bales; chisel & harrow; IHC 4 sec. har- Drawing for 2 free round row; IHC 32’ vibra shank field bales - 1 at beginning & 1 at cultivator; John Deere 894 side end of Auction, must be pre- del. rake; Case 24’ disc; drag sent to win. TERMS: Cash day of sale. Statements made day of sale take precedence over advertised statements. Lunch provided by K & B Catering. DALE & DONNA PAIR, SELLERS VAN SCHMIDT • Auctioneer/Realtor 7833 N. Spencer Road, Newton, KS 67114 620-367-3800 or 620-367-2331 Schmidt Clerks & Cashiers www.hillsborofreepress.com Grass & Grain, October 18, 2011 Page 11 rest scattered in small en- to live and work here. This must plan and seek alterna- claves. That number has re- is our home. But everything tives and work together. versed. The frontier has re- around us is changing and Somehow, before all of this turned. we are changing, too, and is nothing but a fading We are the new pioneers. need to change even more. memory, we need to become And as the great emptying Never before in our nation’s a community. continues, services will be history have we reversed Those communities that lost, isolation tightened, course so radically as we band together have a fight- permanence jettisoned. have in populating, or de- ing chance. Those that don’t With the wholesale clo- populating, the interior will within a generation or sures of rural post offices frontier. Every step we take two be as deserted as the and the dearth of available from here on will be into unnamed town we once Reversing Course broadband access, we’re al- virgin territory, uncharted stopped at, but only in pass- We entered from the as doors sliver open and Rural America accounts for ready witnesses to the forth- and unmapped, against the ing, and for only a short north, though I could not sliver closed again. just 16 percent of the na- coming fragmentation. odds. But then, the odds while to stretch the miles say with any certainty The parallels between tion’s population, the lowest What remains is fragile and weren’t very good for our from our bones before tak- where we were. A small the settings are becoming ever, and the numbers con- tenuous, but not gone, not ancestors, either. ing flight toward a ribbon of town, a dead town, a town ever more narrow and tinue to slide. And unlike a yet. Fight we must — but we highway that would lead us with no future and no past aligned. Our passage had laid-back sense of time Nevertheless, we choose must choose our fights. We home. worth remembering, its taken us from the interstate characteristic of small broad main street devoid of somewhere west of Abilene, towns, the rate of depopula- traffic or vehicles or any the concrete strip whizzing tion is staggering. Washing- sign of life other than the travelers past as if to screen ton County, where I work, cartwheeling swifts zipper- them from rural America’s lost ten percent of its popu- ing the cloudless blue vault dawdling antithesis of lation in the past decade, pressing down like an un- hurry. The severance of and other western Kansas bearable weight. Most of the modernity and antiquity counties have been hit even few businesses had col- was as abrupt as it was com- harder. Similar and worse lapsed entirely or burned to plete, for within a mile of declines are felt throughout charcoal stubs and the oth- our departure point we the Great Plains. The con- ers shuttered. Not a breeze folded back the fabric of cept of establishing a buffa- stirred the dry air nor in time to traverse a former lo commons in the heart of any way relieved the sense era. A small clean town rose the nation, once reviled as of oppressiveness that hung with the dawn, its streets the mad dream of an east- like a shroud over the town, lined with pickup trucks, ern elite, now gains traction only the road leading be- the only cafe a mom-and- as businesses collapse, resi- yond the last fractured ruin pop with specials scrawled dents age and services yielding of any hint of re- on a chalkboard by the front crumble. lease or escape. door, the whitewashed Once Americans reached I was reminded of grain elevator a beacon the Pacific Ocean, Freder- spaghetti westerns where throwing back the aslant ick Jackson Turner de- the protagonist rides for morning sun. It could have clared, the frontier was offi- endless days and nights been the 1950s, or the 1930s, cially closed. There was through a preternaturally men in overalls and base- nowhere left to go except in- empty land until cresting a ball caps, a woman in a ward, and census figures low rise where in the dis- summery dress, children proved him right. That out- tance, shimmering like a swinging in the park, the ward expansion built what mirage, the outlines of a ages having stumbled and would be known as the town emerge from nothing- faltered into something American character, self- ness, insubstantial and oth- found only beyond the far sustaining, immune to hard- erworldly, more menace peripheries of sprawling ship, innovative, hardwork- than promise, and upon en- cities. It could have been ing, disdainful of govern- tering, what few residents any decade since the inven- ment, and for decades to brave the harsh midday sun tion of Ford’s wheeled chas- come it would be most scramble indoors as if fear- sis. Increasingly, it’s more abundant in those bound to ful of being seen, their clos- like the mid-to late-1800s. the land. By 1850, 15 per- Bruna Rossville eted presences marked by According to the latest cent of the population were Implement KanEquip Truck & Tractor McConnell the merest shift of a curtain census figures, the Great clustered around burgeon- Washington, KS Wamego, KS Rossville, KS Machinery Straub International or the creak of rusty hinges Plains are emptying out. ing cities and towns, the 785-325-2232 785-456-2041 785-584-6195 Lawrence, KS 7 Kansas Locations 785-843-2676 www.straubint.com

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23 — 11:00 AM 2323 North Jackson — JUNCTION CITY, KANSAS FURNITURE & APPLIANCES cular saw & light in case (No VCR player & tapes, Box Glass Curio Cabinet, Pine charger yet), Homelite 2330 Fans, extension cords, water Desk, Hollywood Wakefield Gas Chain Saw w/case, Hand hoses, sad irons, Walt Disney Chest of Drawers, Dresser Saws, 4-Pipe Wrenches (24” Books, Mattel collectors book w/Mirror & 2-Lamp Stands, & 10”), ratchet straps, electric (Mattel), 2-Military food carri- cedar chest, 2-chest of draw- stapler, tool set (car), wheel ers, file cabinet, Harley David- ers, 2-KSC Housing Lamp chock, Master Craft bit driver son Zippo Lighter, Walt Dis- Stands, Pine Dresser, wooden set, Popular Mechanic wrench ney Books, Hot Wheels trac- wardrobe, dressing screen, set (11 pieces SAE 1 3/4 to tor, Lego set, baseball cards, corner table, Glass Curio Cab- 7/8), Craftsman Top 7 Drawer Cub Scout books & caps, inet, Sony 30” consol televi- Tool chest, 2-18 hole metal Coleman camp stove, jewelry sion, Damascus antique oak parts organizers, body lift kit, board, knife, RCA old radio & cabinet sewing machine, sin- 2-Durant jack stands, Crafts- phonograph, Hot Wheels gle bed frame, metal yard man bench grinder, Tubing garage (empty), Fondue pot, bench, 6-lawn chairs, oak Cutter, copper tubing, screw Polaroid Camera, Sanso wooden lawn chair, metal driver’s some Craftsman, 12” stereo & 2-speakers, steamer porch bench, redwood table & level, Allen Wrenches, ham- trunk, NASCAR Gift set, 3 folding chairs, redwood bench, mers (ball pin & claw), V belts, boxes of glasses, roaster, 2 folding picnic table, Flat limb saw, tap & die set, hack- show cases for photos, travel Wooden Cross Screen TV Wall Mount, Metal saws (several w/blades), coffee maker, Hurricane lamp ... the cattle business ... Step Stool, Metal Coat Rack, Snap-on creeper, ammo candle holder, coin proof set, 2-Wooden Bar Stools, Maytag boxes, step ladder, hand tools, sewing box, Table Cloths, Stackable washer & Dryer, 18V Ryobi Cordless drill, saw Plastic Table Cloth, Rag Rugs, Cattle Company Neptune gas dryer, 21 CU’ Es- & saber saw w/Charger, Pick Back Pack, fishing poles, Charolais Bulls For Sale Private Treaty tate Side by side Refrigerator, Ax, Gardening Tools, Stanley Wooden Porch Swing, K-state Whirlpool electric range. topo level, punches, chisels, car flags, ironing board, DVD ➢ We only sell aged bulls sixteen months or older drill bits (metal & masonry), player & VCR, Crystal Candy RIDING LAWN MOWER, ➢ Ranch raised rough to be tough TOOLS & MISCELLANEOUS Siphon Pump, copper filling, dish, blender, ice crusher, Pop Ability to cover lots of ground and lots of cows Craftsman LT 2000 Kohler 17 scrap copper, 2-5 Gal Plastic Corn Popper, touch light, ➢ Fuel cans, Fuel Funnels, Hot jumper cable, 8 X 8 3 man HP Tractor/Mower w/42”cut, ➢ The longevity of our bulls is second to none Dixon ZeeTr 311 32” Cut Rid- Gear Lube, grease guns, box tent, Salome Ski’s In Case, Ski Bulls are developed on grass and roughage ing Mower, hand saws, Ram of water glasses, metal bread Rope, Water Sled, Weber ➢ 110V air-compressor w/2 pis- box, Army Field Cooler, Christ- BBQ Grill, BBQ Tools, Brick- We run a closed herd which adds predictability mas decorations, Box of man Smoker, Board Games, ➢ ton pump & 30 gal. tank, 4- Calving ease on all of our sire groups pipe wrenches (10” to 24”), Christmas Bows, Children’s Puzzles, Paper Shredder, 12V ➢ 1/2” drive Snap-on impact Books, Wooden Toy Box, Mini Air Compressor, Hot Dog Large number of bulls to choose from Tonka Truck & other kids toys, Toaster, Ext Cords, Lawn ➢ socket 1/2” to 1´(5 Total), We offer same sire groups for calf consistency Husky 1/4” drive socket set, metal plant stand, B&D Can Chairs, Swimming Pool Float, ➢ 1/2” drive sockets, ratchets & Opener, Hand Mixer, kitchen Thanksgiving Decanter, Wide Rapid growth from birth to weaning/yearling utensils (Pots, pans, etc.), Mouth Mason Jar, 3-Ice ➢ bar, 6” vice, Craftsman metric Efficiency/conversation/lower cost of gains combination & open end cake pans, wash tub for Cream Freezers (1-Electric), ➢ wrenches, Craftsman 1/2” plants, Wash Board, old cash Commercial Sewing Machine, Add quality pounds ($’s) to your calf crop register, shop vac, 3 drawer SUN E2-3 SX 21 Speed Three ➢ electric drill, B & D 1/2” drill, Harvest premiums are a given 3/8” B & D drill, B & D 14V cir- tool box, North western golf Wheel Cycle. ➢ clubs, Putting Golf Game, ➢ All bulls are registered with performance data Terms: Cash, Check or Credit Card. Not responsible for accidents. Lunch available. ➢ Bulls are reasonably priced DOROTHY I. SCHARTAU ESTATE Please contact us for a complete listing of our bulls www.woodencrosscattleco.com JAY E. BROWN GREG HALLGREN Broker/Auctioneer Auctioneer 785-223-7555 785-499-5376 Marolyn, Maci and Merle Schlehuber 557 190th Road, Hillsboro, Ks 67063 785-762-2266 • FAX: 785-762-8910 • E-mail: [email protected] Merle 620-381-1712 www.KSALlink.com • www.kansasauctions.net Page 12 Grass & Grain, October 18, 2011 Missouri to host Young Farmers, Master Farmers Young farmers from west-central Missouri. December 10. given in any one state in a across the nation will be “This is really an oppor- “We hope to facilitate given year. Farm Progress traveling to Missouri in tunity to showcase Missouri networking of Master Farm- publications currently early December for the 45th agriculture,” Beck says. ers and young farmers from sponsor Master Farmer National Young Farmer Ed- “There will be a variety of across the country,” says awards programs in Iowa, ucational Association Insti- agricultural tour stops. Frank Holdmeyer, execu- Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, tute. Set for Dec. 7-10 in These tours always have a tive editor, Farm Progress Michigan, Missouri, Wiscon- Kansas City, the event will way of bringing people to- Midwest publications. “It sin, and the northeastern follow a theme of “Good gether to exchange ideas should be a great opportu- region of Pennsylvania, Tours, Good Food and Good and discover what they nity to share ideas and con- Maryland, Delaware, New Fellowship.” have in common. It’s the fel- cerns among this elite Jersey and West Virginia. All those involved in lowship that really makes group of farmers.” For the complete Mackenzie Flory, Baldwin City, owned the grand cham- agriculture are invited. A an event like this worth- Recognized as the na- NYFEA Institute schedule pion female in the Supreme Drive at the Kansas State hearty, “Taste of the Heart- while.” tion’s longest-running far- of events, ag tour descrip- Fair. She is pictured with Alan Miller and Todd Lindquist, land” reception will kick off The 2011 NYFEA Insti- mer award, the Master tions, hotel and registration Titan West sponsors, board member Ron Hinrichsen, the NYFEA Institute on tute offers several educa- Farmer Award is consid- details, visit the website, Garrett Lampt, Gretchen Frost, Caleb Flory, Wendy Wednesday evening, Dec. 7. tional sessions for ag pro- ered one of the most presti- www.2011nyfeashowmemo. The Missouri Department of ducers, the Young Ag Lead- gious honors a farm family com, or call Lisa Evans at Flory, judges Kevin Jensen, Dick Burns, and Ryan Agriculture will sponsor ers Event, an agricultural can receive. No more than 573-751-8467. The early reg- Sweeney, Jason Flory, Mackenzie, and board president the reception. communicators contest, a four or five awards are istration deadline is Nov. 1. Jeff Dietz. The hotel headquarters FFA Speech Contest, and is the Holiday Inn South- nightly entertainment. east, across from the Tru- Master Farmers unite AUCTION CALENDAR man Sports Complex in The new 2011-12 class of Kansas City. Missouri Master Farmers Friday, October 28 & Saturday, October 29 The Missouri Young will be recognized at the FRIDAY: 15-acre suburban horse property near Augusta, KS Farmers/Young Farm Wives 2011 NYFEA Institute on 7850 SW 163rd — AUGUSTA, KANSAS Association is hosting the Saturday, Dec. 10, in Kansas With 3 bdrm, barn home & stable combo & horse facilities. 2011 NYFEA Institute. It is City. The Missouri Master SATURDAY — 10 AM: Farm Dispersal w/3 reg. Paint horses, Trail- an agricultural education Farmers will participate in er & Tack; also professional weld shop equip., Pakmaster 50 plas- and leadership organiza- an educational roundtable ma cutter, 2002 Miller syncrowave mod 250DX welder tig & stick, tion for farmers and farm discussion with young farm- Miller bobcat, 250 welder generator, lots of specialty welding items, 2002 GMC 2500 crew cab 4x4, Massey 65 diesel tractor & more. supporters of all ages. Mem- ers on Saturday morning. Check www.chuckkorte.com for current info & pictures bers of its planning commit- They will be honored at on all auctions! tee have spent almost two NYFEA’s John Deere Real Estate Services affiliated with Prudential Dinning-Beard, Realtors years preparing and coordi- Awards Banquet on Satur- CHUCK KORTE REAL ESTATE & AUCTION SERVICE INC. nating efforts with the day evening. AUGUSTA, KS • 316-775-2020 NYFEA staff. In addition, members of Ethan Dickerson, Bar S Ranch, Paradise, owns the re- Suzi Beck, MYF-YFW a brand new organization, serve champion female in the Supreme Drive at the member from Chillicothe, Master Farmers of America, Kansas State Fair. Pictured are board member Ron Mo., says the committee has have been invited. They Hinrichsen, Kevin Clineman, judges Kevin Jensen, Dick FABRICATION EQUIPMENT worked especially hard on will participate in the agri- putting together the agricul- cultural tours and gather Burns, and Ryan Sweeney, board president Jeff Dietz. tural tours, scheduled for at a reception, sponsored THURSDAY,AUCTION OCTOBER 20 — 9:00 AM Thursday, Dec. 8, and Fri- by Farm Progress Compa- 115 Locust Hill Road — BELTON, MISSOURI day, Dec. 9 in northwest and nies, on Saturday afternoon, Jakobe Co. has been in business since 1946 and closed his doors for retirement. Very nice, well kept, clean operational equip- ment consisting of Brakes, Welders, Stomp shears, Mill, Power shear, Tables, Hand tools, Sheet metal, Iron sticks, Shelving, Racks, Office equipment. For list, photos & terms view www.lindsayauctions.com Plan to attend, arrange to have riggers, trucks & trailers ready. RE- AUCTIONSUNDAY, OCTOBER 23 — 11:30 AM MOVAL: until 5 pm auction day and Oct 21, 9 am-3 pm, after that As we are selling our home and moving, following sells at you will need to make an appointment. 16274 S. Morrill Rd. SCRANTON, KS (From Jct. 56/75 Hwys., 4-Corners, 2 mi. South on Hwy. 75, 1 mi. West on 173rd, then SELLER - GEORGE A. JAKOBE CO. 1 1/2 mi. North on Morrill Rd.) LINDSAY AUCTION SERVICE, INC. JD 325 L&G tractor, 17 HP K- head collection in case, dated 913.441.1557 • www.lindsayauctions.com Series, 48 in. deck, bagger, 9-7-93; Native American Horn 530 hours; Coleman Power & Buffalo Tooth Necklace in House 5000 extended run 10 case; Native American owner- HP generator, used very little; ship staff in case; Fold Ks. & I.R. 3/4 HP air compressor; 2 Am. flags in oak case, thought Stihl string trimmers; Stihl to flown over St. House in ’70s; Farm Boss chain saw; Daisy good selection of dishes, AUCTIONSATURDAY, OCTOBER 22 — 9:30 AM pump BB gun; Jason Discover glassware, books, marbles, National Guard Armory, 4th & Grandview 454 telescope; Sears Super cloth, what-nots, sewing, tools, Pong, Tele, Games Central; old records, etc. NEWTON, KANSAS Prehistoric Artifact 40 Arrow- NOTE: This auction and the one that follows on Oct. 29 is a dispersal of years of accumulation which has been in storage NOTE: Storage unopened at listing. Some stored for many for some time. A quick peek in the boxes reveal some excit- years, should be nice surprises and additions. Inspection sale ingly aged material that I think all will find interesting. The fol- day only. lowing list is very brief as all is boxed and little was viewed. Come join us. CHUCK & JEANETTE STARK, SELLERS Star Wars action figures 3 3/4”, cards incl: Nancy More, Marvel BEATTY & WISCHROPP AUCTIONS starting in 1977; old golf clubs; universe, Coke, Show White, (785) 828-4212 • Listing: www.beattyandwischropp.com records; flatware; arcade Lion King, Santas around the machines; many books; beer world, country music, Batman; steins; glassware; Crosley Beatles books; animal cards in radio; Playboy magazines; rail- box; Desert Rose dishes; 1901 road books & jackets; Ty Atlas of the world; photograph Murray rodeo posters; of “The Babe” & other sports Wheaties boxes incl: Joe photos; signed and labeled ten- Namath, Steve Young, Roger nis rackets; glass bricks; Avon Staubach, Troy Aikman, Marcus chess set; military Quarter Allen; sports cards; Newton Master tire pumps; early oui memorabilia; tin top; old chil- magazines; Grand Lodge dren’s toys; Aladdin lamp; Proceedings of Kansas, 1922- Donald Duck bank; Porky bank; 1927; medical slides; childrens post office bank; Star Wars, in puzzles; printers blocks; Conan box; puzzles; watches; BALL Marvel magazine; army foot GLOVES:TEDWILLIAMS, locker; sport card tins; Hot MICKEY MANTLE, GEORGE Wheels; Beanie Babies; presi- BRETT & others; GEORGE dential medal, lions; miniature “BABE” RUTH BALLBAT & collector cards; old marbles; others; 2 Spitz Junior wood spools; Blue Willow dish- Planetariums, NIB; 25 pcs. es; sheet music & books; horse Walthers HO train, NIB; WWI bits; church keys & bottle open- MARKER; CIVIL WAR MARK- ers; spring scale; Modern ER; early 1900 paper goods; Woodmen of American, 1880; spittoons; games incl.: Disney old newspaper comic strips; Jiminy Cricket; Parcheesi S.P. Company unique porch game; Xmen; 45 records, many lite; old pop bottles; “The big w/sleeves; match book covers; book of the real circus”, 1951; Hesston Corp memorial; Magnajector projector; Schwinn Halstead memorabilia; military bike ad; Gene Autry picture; items; Esquire magazines; Movie Poster-Shock; Newton childs books; Zane Grey books; Free Library poster; Western Big Little books; McDonalds ammunition, calendar top; shot toys; car tags; Home Run bags; early ’40s calendars; hol- Headliners; cookbooks; sters; plastic military toys; B-29 Pokeman toys; non sports pictures; and many other items. TERMS: Cash or check with proper ID as payment. Visa and Mastercard accepted. Not responsible for theft or accidents. Announcements made sale day take precedence over printed matter. Nothing removed until settled for. SELLER: RON SOLLER

FAX: 316-282-SOLD or Email: [email protected] www.auctionspecialists.com Mike Flavin 316.283.8164 Vern Koch, CES 316.283.6700 email Mike: [email protected] Grass & Grain, October 18, 2011 Page 13

aging parent? care with happiness. Mak- • What skills or abilities ing sure that elderly par- Medicare Part D plan does each adult child bring ents have good care does to the situation? not always ensure that they enrollment earlier this year The adult child who lives are going to be happy or Are you enrolled in a Health Insurance Counsel- closest to the parent may enjoy life the way they once Medicare Part D Prescrip- ing for Kansas (SHICK) provide personal care, did. tion Plan? Enrollment Counselor in the River transportation and medica- If your sibling is the pri- dates for 2012 Medicare Valley District during the tion supervision while the mary caregiver, here are Part D Plans are earlier enrollment period. Coun- adult child who lives far- some tips for you: this year starting October selors are accepting ap- Adult children ther away may spend hours • Don’t think of yourself 15 and concluding Decem- pointments in the River on the phone or computer as off the hook just because ber 7. Medicare benefici- Valley Extension District doing paperwork related to you live far away or cannot aries have the opportunity offices, some libraries, and aging parents insurance, finances or provide the direct care. Ask to sign up for a different Senior Centers and other Members of the baby two or more adult children, home-health services. what you can do to help. boomer generation are it’s often only one person If you are the adult child • Lend a hand by phone plan for 2012 or keep the locations. starting to retire, but that who handles most of the providing most of the direct or Internet. You can ar- same one. A packet of in- BELLEVILLE— Judy doesn’t mean they are en- caregiving. While this may caregiving, consider these range for and help provide formation should have ar- Uphoff, SHICK Counselor tering a carefree phase of seem unfair, it may be more tips: many services for your rived from your current & SER employee, is ac- life. Their kids may be all efficient than dividing care- • Don’t assume that you aging parent simply by mak- Part D Plan explaining the cepting appointments at grown up, but boomers who giving duties, Milne said. have to do everything all ing phone calls or sending changes in the premium the Belleville Public Li- still have a living parent are “Each family is unique, so the time. Ask for help when email. and prescriptions in the brary. Call ahead for an facing new responsibilities, it’s important to have open, you need it. Plan ahead and • Offer financial support formulary for 2012. If you appointment at 785-527- notes a University of Mis- honest discussions among talk with your siblings in if possible. Medicare and like your plan and under- 5305 on Monday-Thursday, souri Extension human de- the adult children and with advance. Go over options as other insurance may not stand the changes for next 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Call Belle- velopment specialist. the aging parent — before a a family. pay for all the services the year, you can stay on the ville River Valley District “Even if the older parent health crisis with the aging • Ask yourself what you elderly parent needs. same plan for 2012. K-State Research & Exten- still lives independently, parent arises.” really want from your sib- • Provide emotional sup- Personalized assistance sion office-Call 785-527- there are probably a variety Some things to consider lings. Help? Appreciation? port. Let the sibling who is is available to shop and 5084 for an appointment of caregiving tasks their when discussing caregiving Or do you want to be totally providing the direct care children may need to pro- responsibilities: in charge with no interfer- know how much you appre- enroll in a 2012 Part D with Deanna Turner, Dis- vide, such as transportation • How far away does ence from other family ciate his or her efforts. Be a Plan. Call for an appoint- trict Extension agent, to appointments, help with each adult child live from members? good listener. ment today with a Senior Continued on page 14 grocery shopping and home the aging parent? • Don’t assume that oth- • Offer your opinions maintenance, and super- • What are work sched- ers can read your mind. carefully. Your observa- vising medical, legal and ules and home responsibili- Learn to communicate with tions can be valuable, but financial dealings,” says ties of each adult child? family members before you you should word them care- Diana Milne. • Who gets along/com- get overwhelmed or angry. fully so they don’t imply Health Insurance Even in families with municates best with the • Don’t confuse good criticism. * Individual & Group Westy Community Care Home * Doctor’s Office Co-pay & * Dental and Vision Available Westy Assisted 800-373-9559 Living Apartments 785-457-2801 • Fax: 785-457-2130 105 N. Highway 99, Westmoreland, KS 66549 Phyllis Hupe, Administrator PHILLIPS INSURANCE email: [email protected] Your Kansas Health Specialist

2-DAY SOUTHWEST INDIAN ART WANTED: Hunting and Investment Properties SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22 — 10:00 AM We have buyers wanting hunting & investment properties! AUCTION25455 Hessdale Road — ALMA, KANSAS FRIDAY,AUCTION OCTOBER 28 — 6:00 PM South from Alma on K-99 hiway app. 1.3 miles to Skyline SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29 — 11:00 AM Our marketing sites get 100,000 + hits/month from Rd.exit, east on Skyline Rd. to Hessdale Rd., app. 3/4 mile. Monticello Auction Center, 4795 Frisbie Rd. — investors, hunters and your neighbors. South on Hessdale Rd. to Auction, app. 2 1/2 miles. From Eskridge, Ks. west on K-99/K-4 Hiway to Hessdale exit, then SHAWNEE, KANSAS Visit us today at: www.KsLandCo.com north to Auction site. We have a nice selection from a private collection from Utah, a fine consignment from Oklahoma City is also included. Many Or contact MARK UHLIK PICKUP TRAILER W/CAMPER SHELL, LAWN MOWER, pieces from many of the finest New Mexico & Arizona Indian TIRES, TOOLS, CHAINSAWS, LAWN EQUIPMENT, Artists as well as from many well-known reservation trading posts. Land Marketing Specialist & Broker/Auctioneer APPLIANCES, FURNITURE, HOUSEHOLD & ANTIQUES Navajo Rugs, Pottery, Navajo & Hopi baskets, Jewelry, Story- See last week’s Grass & Grain for full listings. tellers, Kachina dolls, Sand paintings, Sculptures, Drums, Pendle- 785-325-2740 tons & much more. Conducted by: View the website for list, photos & terms. SELLER: MR. & MRS. EMMETT BURLESON Bob and Dal Payne Payne Auction Company RAINE AUCTION SERVICE Bloomfield, New Mexico [email protected] (505)-320- www.raineauction.com 6445 Bill Raine, Auctioneer Steve Murray, Auctioneer LINDSAY AUCTION SERVICE, INC. 785-256-4439 785-633-4610 913.441.1557 • www.lindsayauctions.com Page 14 Grass & Grain, October 18, 2011 Medicare Part D plan enrollment earlier this year Continued from page 13 Ginny Beck is available on that day and location. Call Medicare Prescription shopping and enrolling in the Clay Center Extension available most Mondays some Mondays & Wednes- the Concordia Extension Drug Worksheet a Part D plan on Thursday, office at 785-632-5335. If de- during the enrollment pe- days; Nola Unruh will be office for an appointment Stop by one of the Dis- October 20th at the 4-H sired, participants will be riod. assisting most Tuesdays; at 785-243-8185. trict Extension offices in Fair Conference Center in enrolled in a 2012 Medi- Two Republic County Verna Lee Musselman is Clyde-Clifton Area- Two Belleville, Clay Center, Clay Center. Enroll in the care Part D plan when they Enrollments Events will be helping beneficiaries SHICK counselors will as- Concordia or Washington 6:30 p.m. or 7:30 p.m. ses- go home. October 24 & November 9 Thursday afternoons and sist you. Call Jan Bente- to pick up a Medicare Pre- sion. Computers and print- Call Deanna Turner at at the Belleville Public Li- Friday mornings; Deanna man for a 4 p.m. weekday scription Drug Worksheet. ers will be available or 785-632-5335 if you have brary. Judy Uphoff, Dean- Turner will assist most appointment on sched- Complete the form with a bring your laptop with you. questions about shopping na Turner, Sharon Regnier Thursdays & Fridays. uled school days, at the list of your medications, Eight to ten people can and enrolling in a Medi- & two Area Agency on CONCORDIA— The Clifton Clyde High School dosage and 30 day quantity. be accommodated at each care Part D plan at one of Aging SHICK Counselors Concordia Senior Site will Library. Her home phone You will need to put this session. Enroll by calling the locations mentioned. will be taking individual be the location of Part D number is 785-455-2263. information on the work- appointments those days at Counseling done by Ger- Call Connie Gallagher for sheet before seeking help. the Library. Call the Area trude Poe. Call ahead for an appointment at 785- Call your pharmacy or Agency on Aging toll free an appointment Monday- 446-3794. Her appoint- where you purchase your number for an appoint- Friday except holidays at ments will be at the Ran- medications to discover ment at 1-800-432-2703. Tell 785-243-7028. dolph Decker Public Li- the specific Prescription the receptionists you Concordia River Valley brary in Clyde. Drug Plans your pharmacy would like an appointment District K-State Research WASHINGTON — The will handle. Drop off the at the Republic County En- & Extension office- Dean- Washington River Valley worksheet to the Extension rollment Event and on na Turner will be accept- District K-State Research Office a week prior to your which date. ing appointments on Tues- & Extension office will appointment, and it will CLAY CENTER — Five days starting October 25th. have 5 SHICK Counselors speed up your appoint- SHICK Counselors, Jim Call the Extension office at to assist you during the ment. Also bring any re- (James R.) Beck, Ginny 785-243-8185 for an ap- Part D Enrollmet Period. cent letters you have re- Owners of the reserve champion bull in the Supreme Beck, Nola Unruh, Verna pointment. Deanna Turner will be ceived from Social Securi- Drive at the Kansas State Fair was McCurry Bros. Lee Musselman and Dean- One Concordia Enroll- available on most Wednes- ty or Medicare to your ap- Angus, Mt. Hope and Sedgwick. Pictured are Kevin na Turner will be helping ment Event will be Novem- days starting October 26 pointment and bring your beneficiaries at the River ber 8 at the Extension Of- along with Jim Beck, some Medicare card. Clineman, Sandra McCurry, Danielle McCurry, Alicia Valley District K-State Re- fice & Meeting Room locat- Wednesdays and Cathy Do It Yourself McCurry, Cecil McCurry, Greg McCurry, Ron Hinrich- search & Extension office, ed in the basement and Koenig, November 2. One Medicare Part D sen, Kevin Jensen, Dick Burns, Grady McCurry, Jeff 322 Grant in Clay Center. meeting room of the Court- RSVP SHICK Counselor Enrollment Workshop Dietz, and JW McCurry. Photo by Jim Meyer Call the Clay Center Exten- house. Gertrude Poe, will be available on Tues- Do you have a computer sion office at 785-632-5335 Deanna Turner & two Area days and another on and internet but hesitate for appointments with Agency on Aging SHICK Thursday afternoons. Call to shop and enroll in a these SHICK Counselors. Counselors will be taking the Washington Extension Medicare Part D plan by CONSIGNHARLEY TODAY GERDES FOR Jim Beck is available on individual appointments office at 785-325-2121 for an yourself? Six SHICK Coun- some Mondays & Tuesdays; starting at 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on appointment. selors will assist you in CONSIGNMENT AUCTION 3-DAY FALL FARM & SHOP Saturday, November 5 Lyndon, Kansas CONSIGNMENTSATURDAY - SUNDAY AUCTION - MONDAY ESTATESATURDAY, OCTOBER AUCTION 22 — 10:00 AM AD DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 19! OCTOBER 22, 23 & 24 — 9:00 AM EACH DAY 6th Cedar Overbrook Fairgrounds DEMAND IS HIGH! LOCATION: LARNED, KS — CARR AUCTION GALLERY, OVERBROOK, KANSAS 909 AUCTION AVE., W. HWY 156 Due the death of my husband we will be offering at Auction We need your equipment of all types. TRACTORS (Mon): IH 860 Dsl. w/Ldr.; Ford 7700; IH 806 Wheat- the following. land; AC WD w/3-Pt.; AC D-17 LP; Case 400 LP; IHC 806 D w/Ldr.; Oak buffet/sideboard (NICE); bank; cream separator; Ivan- CALL TODAY! JD 3020 Gas; Int’l A w/3-Pt.; `49 MM; IHC Farmall M w/Bucket; oak wardrobe; 2 oak wash- hoe 3 burner stove; West Ger- Ford 600 w/Ldr & Mower; IH 574 w/Ldr. COMBINES, HEADERS stands; oak rocker; carved many mantel clock; Germany 785-828-4476 or cell: 785-229-2369 (Mon): IHC 715, Dsl., w/18 ‘ Hdr.; IHC 715, Gas, w/18’ Hdr.; ’79 chairs; oak round & square cuckoo clock; 11 old silver Visit us on the web: www.HarleyGerdesAuctions.com Gleaner L2 w/22’ Hdr; JD 930 30' Rigid Hdr. INDUSTRIAL EQPT. dining tables; oak dresser; dollars (1894O, 1921, 22, 23, (Mon): Case 580B Backhoe w/Extendahoe, Dsl.; NH L781 Skid steamer trunks; double reclin- 26), Liberty/Franklin halves, Ldr.; Dozer Blades. (2) Tiger Side Mt. Hwy Mowers. TRUCKS & er; end tables; lamps; 30+ Oil Mercury Dimes, 500+ Indian PICKUPS (Sun): `03 Chevy Silverado 1500LS, 4WD, Ext. Cab, 4- Lamps: (Aladdin B, colored, & Wheat Pennies; Hall Jewel Dr.; `02 Dodge 3500; `00 Chevy 1/2-T Chevy Ext. Cab, 2WD Pick- etc.); Roseville pieces: 90-7 Tea Autumn Leaf: ball pitch- up; `01 Ford F350 Duals, 4WD, Flatbed; (2) `97 Ford F350 4-Dr. vase, 7-C & 7-S cream & er, 3 mixing bowls, tea Dually Pickups. ANTIQUE, COLLECTOR & OTHER VEHICLES sugar & unmarked vase; pitcher, c/s; carnival glass; SPECIAL (Sun): `78 Pontiac Trans Am, 70,212 Org. Mi.; `66 Ford Mustang, crocks: #2 Pittsburg Diamond, hen nest collection; chicken 6 Cyl.; `63 2-Dr. Cadillac DeVille, Slick; `59 American LaFrance Red Wing #3, #5 Western & collection; pink/green depres- CALF SALE Fire Truck, 8,355 Mi.; 1986 GMC 11,680 Mi., (Rescue Wagon); `97 others; butter churns; metal sion; glass baskets; Fireking; Suburban; `01 Grand Caravan. TRAILERS (Sun): G-neck Stock Dazey churn; churn bases; Pyrex; plates; cups/saucers; Saturday, Oct. 22 • 1 PM Trailers; `64 Hobbs 36’ Grain Trailer; 8x16 WW Cov’d Trailer; 2- Bar Tender battery toy; misc. ironstone; cast iron skillets; Wheel Trailer 6’x10’; (2) 38’ Enclosed Van Boxes; 28’ Donahue metal toys; cherry pitter; deer graniteware; linens; quilts; sil- Low Boy Implement Trailer. LAWN, GARDEN & RV (Sun). FARM mount; Overbrook yardsticks; ver plate; pictures/frames; Sylvan Sales — Sylvan Grove, KS EQPT. (Mon.): Sunflower 7x5 UC; UC w/3x16; JD 5x16 3-Pt. Plow. colored jars; 1974 First Na- many items too numerous to DON’T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BUY HAY EQPT.; PLANTERS & DRILLS (Mon): 45’ GP Drill, M.3-SF45; tional Overbrook truck bank; mention! (2) CB 4025 Drills; (3) JD 9350 Hoe Drills; IH 510 Drill. 3-PT. & bull leads; cast iron rabbit TOP QUALITY, HIGH END GENETICS. SMALL FARM EQPT. (Sun). LIVESTOCK & IRR. EQPT.; SHOP AUCTION NOTE: Bus was an avid Auction attendee there MANY REPLACEMENT TYPE HEIFERS EQPT. & TOOLS; LUMBER (Sat). YOUR CONSIGNMENTS ARE WELCOME THROUGH OCT. 20. will many surprises to be unpacked! Concessions: Happy Trails Chuckwagon. WILL BE AVAILABLE. WE APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS! EXPECTING OVER 2500 HEAD! Partial Listing Only. SELLER: MRS. BUS (JEANNE) BOND Call for Brochure or Check our Website for Auctioneers: Early Consignments Include: Pictures & More Information. Mark Elston & Jason Flory CALVES WITH NO FALL SHOTS: (785)218-7851 (785) 594-0505 ELSTON AUCTION COMPANY Tyra Meyer 1 halter broke steer “Serving your auction needs since 1994” Deric Funk 65 blk strs/hfrs 500-600 lbs. P.O. BOX 300, LARNED, KS 67550 Please visit us online at www.KansasAuctions.net Kevin Brundgardt 18 blk strs/hfrs 500-600 lbs. 620-285-3148 • www.carrauction.com for pictures! Tad Krug 15 blk strs/hfrs 550-650 lbs. L.L. Reilley 40 blk strs/hfrs 450-600 lbs. Diamond M Angus 15 blk bulls/hfrs 500-600 lbs. Vanita Vanek 38 blk strs/hfrs 550-650 lbs. Kenny Pasek 19 blk strs/hfrs 600 lbs. Don F. Krug, Justin Krug & Keller Operations 250 blk strs/hfrs 500-650 lbs. Klepper LandPRE-VAC & Cattle EID AGE 240 blk & SOURCE strs/hfrs CALVES 500-650 lbs. Driscoll Cattle Co. (Tri-Merit)140 blk/bwf strs/hfrs 450-650 lbs. Flint Warta (Tri-Merit) 40 blk strs 600-650 lbs. Brian Meder (Tri-Merit) 25 blk strs 600-650 lbs. Stranger Valley (Ag InfoLink) 100 blk strs 500-550 lbs. Stranger Valley (Ag InfoLink) 50 blk hfrs 500-525 lbs. Steve Donley (Micro Beef)PRE395-VAC blk CALVES strs/hfrs 475-650 lbs. Bob Schmitt 30 blk strs/hfrs 550-650 lbs. Martin Dietz 65 blk/red strs/hfrs 500-650 lbs. Ben/Marcia Peck 15 blk strs/hfrs 500-550 lbs. Joe Weigel 150 blk/char-x strs/hfrs500-650 lbs. John Perry 38 blk/bwf strs 500-600 lbs. Rod AmmonsBACK TO CALVES 30 blk/red WITH NOstrs/hfrs FALL SHOTS 450-600 lbs. Jerry Rush 75 blk strs/hfrs 500-600 lbs. Monty Brennamen 45 blk strs/hfrs 400-600 lbs. Kent Rahmeier 70 Char-x hfrs 500-700 lbs. Ryan Becker 50 blk/bwf strs/hfrs 500-600 lbs. Bar C Ranch 70 blk/char-x strs/hfrs 575-675 lbs. Kory Kilian 100 blk strs/hfrs 550-650 lbs. Jim/Mary Dumler 40 blk strs/hfrs 500-650 lbs. Richard Mettlen 36 mix strs/hfrs 400-600 lbs. Frehse Brothers 45 mix strs/hfrs 300-550 lbs. Deric Zonker 60 mix strs/hfrs 400-500 lbs. NEXT SPECIAL CALF SALE: SAT., NOV. 5TH SPECIALREGULAR COW SALE SALE: EVERY SAT., MONDAY! NOV. 19TH 7000 Schaben Court, Newton, KS Greg Carey Toby Meyer Ron Werth 785-483-1455 785-658-5772 785-650-4829 Grass & Grain, October 18, 2011 Page 15 Genetics. stock misc., welder & tioneers: Weigand Auc- LLC. Auction Sales October 26 — Tractors, com- pipe, propane tank & shop tions. November 10 — Pasture & bine, trucks, vehicles, misc. at Marion for prop- November 3 — Household cropland at Miltonvale for trailers, excavator, tele- erty of Rhonda Bren- goods, tools & collectibles Heirs of Mabel Comfort Scheduled handler, motorgraders, zikofer & the late Richard at Clay Center for Max & Trickle. Auctioneers: dozer, wheel loaders, Brenzikofer. Auctioneers: Cyndy Smith. Auction- Larry Lagasse Auction & dairy equipment online Sam Griffin Auctions. eers: Kretz, Hauserman, Real Estate. Ending Nov. 1 — Farm ma- Pair. Auctioneers: Van only (www.bigiron.com). October 29 — Real estate, Bloom Auction Service. November 10 — Shawnee chinery, farm related Schmidt Auctions. Auctioneers: Stock Auc- antiques & collectibles, November 3 — Native grass County land at Topeka. items, trucks, trailers, October 22 — Vehicles, tion Co. household furniture, ap- pasture NW Shawnee Auctioneers: Schrader pickups, construction glassware, furniture, an- October 27 — NW Wabaun- pliances, kitchenwares, County near Shawnee Real Estate &Auction equip., lawn & garden on- tiques, coins, dolls, de- see County cropland, glassware, generator, live- State Lake at Hoyt for Company, Inc. line only (www.gehlingon canters at Hoisington for older farm house, farm stock equipment & misc. Claire Holliday-Loomis & November 10 — Dickinson line.com). Auctioneers: Hulda Bitter &Patty buildings at Wamego for at Centralia for Harold & Bruce N. Holliday. Auc- County farmland & grass- Gehling Auctions. Carrier. Auctioneers: William A. Martens. Auc- Esther Hoskins Estate. tioneers: Pearl Real Es- land at Abilene for October 20 — Dickinson Schremmer Realty, Auc- tioneers: Pearl Real Es- Auctioneers: Cline Realty tate & Appraisal Service. Harold L. & Edna M. Emig County farmland at Abi- tion & Appraisers, LC. tate & Appraisal Service. & Auction, Inc. November 3 — Saline Coun- Trust. Auctioneers: Rior- lene for Kenneth & October 22 — Antiques, October 27 — Ellsworth October 29 — Household ty farmland & grassland at dan Auction & Realty. Sharon Chase. Auction- household goods & misc. County land, pasture & goods, shop items, an- Salina for the Joe White November 11 — Real estate eers: Omli & Associates, at Wakefield for Lorene crop at Westfall for Tim & tiques & collectibles at Trust. Auctioneers: Rior- & personal property at Inc. Erickson. Auctioneers: Shon Schulte. Auction- Clay Center for Don Fra- dan Auction & Realty. Wamego for Gary L. De- October 20 — Fabrication Kretz, Hauserman, Bloom. eers: Omli & Associates, zier. Auctioneers: Kretz, November 5 — Vehicles, weese Estate. Auction- equipment at Belton, Mo. October 22 — Annual fall Inc. Hauserman, Bloom Auc- tractor, loader, farm relat- eers: Crossroads Real Es- for George A. Jakobe Co. farm machinery consign- October 27 — Dickinson tion Service. ed items, possible an- tate & Auction, LLC. Auctioneers: Lindsay ment auction at Augusta. County real estate at Abi- October 30 — Lawn tractor, tiques & collectibles, November 12 — 20th bull Auction Service, Inc. Auctioneers: Chuck Korte lene for Betty R. Lang. appliances, furniture, guns, household & misc. sale featuring Simmental, October 22 — Car, house- Real Estate &Auction Auctioneers: Reynolds pool table, household, NE of Lincoln for Leonard SimAngus, Angus & Red hold, collectibles, rifle at Service, Inc. Real Estate & Auction Co. lawn items, tools & misc. W. & Doris E. Holl, Family Angus at Moser Ranch. Manhattan for William & October 22, 23 & 24 — Trac- October 28 — 3 vacant serv- at Topeka for Bob &Jo Trust. Auctioneers: Post November 12 — Farm ma- Dorothy Rehschuh Trust. tors, combines, headers, ice stations at Washing- Zoeller Estate. Auction- Rock Auctions. chinery & related items Auctioneers: Gannon Real industrial equip., trucks, ton, Morrowville & Belle- eers: Gannon Real Estate November 5 — Dickinson consignment at Council Estate & Auctions. pickups, antique, collec- ville. Auctioneers: Mid- & Auctions. County grassland at Dick- Grove. Auctioneers: Hall- October 22 — Collectibles, tor & other vehicles, trail- west Land & Home, Mark October 30 — Collectibles, inson County for Mark & gren Real Estate & Auc- glassware, Memorabilia, ers, lawn & garden, RV, Uhlik, broker/auctioneer. furniture, tools & boat at Glenna Minter. Auction- tions. Antiques at Newton for farm equip., planters & October 28 & 29 — South- Council Grove for Mary eers: Gary Yocum. November 14 — John Deere Ron Soller. Auctioneers: drills, small farm equip., west Indian Art at Shaw- Zerbe Estate. Auction- November 5 — Ladies Nite 7 machinery, farm related Auction Specialists, LLC. livestock & irri. equip., nee. Auctioneers: Bob & eers: Hallgren Real Estate at Hiawatha for JR Ad- items & misc. S. of Water- October 22 — Furniture, shop items & tools, lum- Dal Payne, Payne Auction & Auctions. cock. ville for Jim & Rhonda farm toys, guns, saddles, ber at Larned. Auction- Co., Bloomfield, N.M.; October 30 — Real estate, November 5 — Wheel Tilley. Auctioneers: Kretz, collectibles & misc. at eers: Carr Auction & Real Lindsay Auction Service, household items at Clifton loader, backhoe, semi Hauserman, Bloom Auc- Lawrence. Auctioneers: Estate, Inc. Inc. for Peggy Black. Auction- trailers, trucks, hyster, tion Service. Paxton Auction Service. October 23 — Automotive October 28 & 29 — Friday: eers: Raymond Bott Real- trailers, acetylene cutting November 19 — Antique October 22 — Collectibles, tools, forklift, cabinets, suburban horse property; ty & Auction. supplies, collectibles & guns at Marysville. Auc- guns, household, wood- manuals, truck, pop ma- Saturday: Paint horses, October 30 — Antiques, jew- misc. N. of Beatrice, Neb. tioneers: Olmsteds & working at Salina for chine at Topeka for Lewis trailer, tack, weld shop elry, tools, household, for James E. “Jack” Smith. Sandstrom. Arvin W. Martin Estate. Repair Service. Auction- equip., welder, Bobcat, sterling flatware, golf Auctioneers: Jurgens, November 19 — Recreation- Auctioneers: Thummel eers:Kooser Auction truck, tractor at Augusta. cart, utility trailer at En- Henrichs, Hardin. al/farm land at Randolph Real Estate & Auction, Service. Auctioneers: Chuck Korte terprise for Barbara Hol- November 5 — Harley for Ann Nemechek. Auc- LLC. October 23 — Tractor, gen- Real Estate &Auction loway. Auctioneers: Gerdes consignment auc- tioneers: Raymond Bott October 22 — Furniture, oil erator, BB gun, arrowhead Service, Inc. Reynolds, Mugler & Geist. tion at Lyndon. Realty & Auction. lamps, Roseville, silver collection, Native Ameri- October 28 & 29 — Antique October 31 — Rush County November 5 — Real estate November 19 — Annual dollars & coins, Jewel can items at Scranton for cars, tools, business close- land, cultivation at & personal property at Angus bull sale at Eureka Tea, collections & glass- Chuck & Jeanette Stark. out & real estate at Hi- LaCrosse for Craig J. Wamego for John & Eliza- for Dalebanks Angus. ware at Overbrook for Auctioneers: Beatty & awatha for Dreamers Auto Spomer and Constance S. beth Lawless Trust. Auc- November 20 — Furniture, Mrs. Bus (Jeanne) Bond. Wischropp Auctions. Sales, F. Scott Shannon. & Curtis Fowler. Auction- tioneers: Crossroads Real guns, collectibles, primi- Auctioneers: Elston Auc- October 23 — Van, furni- Auctioneers: Howard eers: Farmland Auction & Estate & Auction, LLC. tives & tools at Council tion Company. ture, glassware, house- Auction Service. Realty Co., Inc. November 6 — Shades of Grove for Pat Lapham. October 22 — Furniture, hold, yard equipment, October 29 — Guns, ammo, November 1 — Seward & Red &White Show Calf Auctioneers: Hallgren tools, collectibles & an- plumbing supplies & misc. antiques, collectibles, fur- Butler Counties, Nebras- Sale online bid off. Lori Real Estate & Auctions. tiques SE of Alma for Em- at Manhattan for Frank niture, household, elec- ka real estate at Val- Hambright, sale manager. November 20 — Production mett Burleson. Auction- Bollig Estate. Auction- tronics, appliances & paraiso, Nebraska. Auc- November 7 — Marion sale at Enterprise for eers: Raine Auction Serv- eers: Gannon Real Estate more at Emporia for tioneers: Farmers Nation- County real estate at Hedgewood Prairie. ice. & Auctions. Trevor & Elizabeth Lewis al Co. Burns for Property of November 26 — Motorcycle, October 22 — Power & hand October 23 — Furniture, ap- Estate. Auctioneers: Flint November 1 — Nemaha Bertha Zogelman. Auc- tools, furniture & primi- tools, construction materi- pliances, riding lawn Hills Auction Service, County farmland or build- tioneers: Sam Griffin Auc- tives at Council Grove for als, lumber, scrap metal, mower, tools & misc. at Gail Hancock. ing site at Corning for J. tion. Dick Montgomery & oth- flooring, furniture, TVs, Junction City for Dorothy October 29 — Compact trac- Alan & Sandra J. Ward. November 7 — Russell ers. Auctioneers: Hall- small appliances, camp- I. Schartau Estate. Auc- tor, mowers, machinery, Auctioneers: Cline Realty County real estate at Rus- gren Real Estate & Auc- ing & fishing gear, paint- tioneers: Brown Real Es- tools, jewelry making & Auction, LLC. sell for Rogg Heirs. Auc- tions. ing equip., tires & wheels, tate & Auction Service, shop items, collectibles & November 2 — Woodson tioneers: Farmland Auc- November 29 — Ottawa trucks, trailer, riding lawn LLC. misc. at Topeka for Rober- County land at Piqua. tion & Realty Co., Inc. County farmland at Salina mower at Manhattan. Auc- October 25 — 2 bedroom ta & the late Donald Auctioneers: Farmers Na- November 9 — Jewell Coun- for Stan & Jeanne Pan- tioneers: Ruckert Realty home in Olsburg. Auction- Kiehl. Auctioneers: Gan- tional Company. ty real estate at Mankato grac. Auctioneers: Rior- & Auction. eers: United Country, non Real Estate & Auc- November 2 — Russell for Ruth Clegg Estate, dan Auction & Realty. October 22 — Construction Ruckert Realty & Auction. tions. County grassland & CRP Donna King, owner. Auc- December 31 — Harley equip., tractors, farm ma- October 25 — Guns, furni- October 29 — Antiques, col- at Russell for Bruce tioneers: Thummel Real Gerdes 27th annual New chinery, trucks, trailers, ture, household, col- lectibles & toys at Marys- Anspaugh. Auctioneers: Estate & Auction, LLC. Year’s Consignment auc- cars at Spring Hill. Auc- lectibles & more at Man- ville for Bernice Stohs & Farmland Auction & Re- November 10 — Jewell tion at Lyndon. tioneers: Countrywide hattan. Auctioneers: Gan- Others. Auctioneers: Don alty Co., Inc. County real estate at Jew- March 10, 2012 — Concordia Tractor & Auction. non Real Estate & Auc- Prell and Dave Bures. November 3 — 4 properties, ell for Rod & Rita Rose. Optimist Annual Machin- October 22 — Advertise- tions. October 29 — Tractors, com- Barber & Harper County Auctioneers: Thummel ery Consignment auction ment items, vehicle, farm October 25 — Cloud County bine, pickup, truck, trail- at Medicine Lodge. Auc- Real Estate & Auction, at Concordia. machinery & tools, cattle, land at Concordia for er, camper, machinery, chicken, horse, dog & Debra Rodgers & Tammy tools, household, col- show equip., antiques, col- Rogers, former farm of lectibles W. of Formoso lectibles & misc. at Tope- Gilbert & Mildred Fagan. for Dan & Lynn Dempsey. ka for Paul Kemble. Auc- Auctioneers: Midwest Auctioneers: Thummel tioneers: Kooser Auction Land &Home, Mark Real Estate & Auction, Service. Uhlik. LLC. October 22 — Farm machin- October 26 — Consignments, October 29 — Boats & mo- ery consignments at Medi- trackhoes, trucks, trailers, tors, firearms, tools, cine Lodge. Auctioneers: boring machine, construc- household, small camp United Country/Nixon tion & related equipment trailer, fishing items at Auction & Realty, LLC. at Shawnee. Auctioneers: Abilene for Bill Jader- October 22 — Tractors, Lindsay Auction Service, borg. Auctioneers: trucks, farm machinery, Inc. Reynolds, Mugler & Geist. livestock equipment & October 26 — Angus & October 29 — Trucks, trac- farm related items at Wi- Charolais Bull sale at tors, machinery, gun items chita for Dale & Donna Randolph for Fink Beef & misc., household, live- Page 16 Grass & Grain, October 18, 2011 dines, crackers, smoked gressive and he won’t hurt oysters, aspirin, Alka- you.” BAXTER Seltzer, toothpaste, tooth- They stood like Easter brush, energy bars, peanut Island statues as Big Red butter, hair brush, half a walked up to Rafael and BLACK cantaloupe, matches, Ster- took a mighty whiff! Then no, clean T-shirt and socks, he stepped to Dee Dee. ONTHEEDGEOFCOMMONSENSE binoculars, extra ammo, “Hold still,” she heard GPS, 2-way radio and TP. Rafael say. She froze in All this in spite of the fact fear, her eyeballs about to Deer Hunting Cow Lick that he had casually re- pop out. Big Red stretched I’ve got a mule deer room. A sugary sweet lilac minded her that they out his huge neck, ran out hangin’ on my wall from scent filled the cabin and planned to be back to the his big ol’ slobbery tongue northern New Mexico so I made his coffee taste cabin by beer-thirty. and licked Dee Dee across could relate to Rafael’s funny! By 10 a.m. they had the mouth! McCabe Genetic, Elk City, Pitts Angus Farm, Her- story. “What the heck are you picked a blind along a Epilogue: the bull ran mitage, Mo. and Prairie View Farm, Gridley, Il. are own- He had joined two of his doing?” he asked. well-traveled trail. In a over Rafael trying to es- cousins for a deer hunting “Putting on lotion,” she short time they heard a cape Dee Dee’s screaming! ers of the third place bull in the Supreme Drive at the trip near Cuba, N.M. where answered. “Women of a small herd of cows coming Rafael went down, smash- Kansas State Fair. Pictured are: Hanna McCabe, Esther his uncle had a cabin. They certain age need to protect their way. They had been ing the cantaloupe in his McCabe, Robb Pitts, Ashley Pitts, Whitley Pitts, board arrived late and missed their skin.” handled and were not backpack trying to escape! member Ron Hinrichsen, judges Kevin Jensen, Dick the first day because He knew she was re- spooked by the humans. And Dee Dee hung her Burns, and Ryan Sweeney, Grady McCurry, board cousin Dee Dee was going cently divorced and maybe Bringin’ up drag was a big pant leg upside down on a through changes in her she was trying to be more red-brown Beefmaster barbed wire fence trying to member Jeff Dietz, Flinton McCabe and Ethan McCabe. Photo by Jim Meyer life. To be fair, Dee Dee desirable. That could ex- bull. He sniffed the air and get away! Finally they was a good hunter so her plain her mood swings. He cautiously walked toward managed to evade a swarm ditzy behavior was unex- was understanding. our hunters. Dee Dee got of bees by dousing Dee pected. They left the cabin at itchy. Dee with toothpaste and Rafael had agreed to 6:30 a.m. Rafael knew the “Just don’t move,” whis- the sugarless Gatorade guide, cook and pack. He better hunting areas, so he pered Rafael, “Don’t be ag- mix. It came off like stucco. was up at 5 a.m. getting the led. 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